Commented on pady_s's review
Dec 08, 2023 04:36 AM
Nice review. Keep 'em coming !
Reviewed Animal
Dec 02, 2023 09:03 AM
775 Views
(Updated Dec 07, 2023 02:00 PM)
Unlike any other movie in the history of mainstream Hindi cinema, systematically shattering the shibboleths of this genre with transgressive acts, provocative language and enough shocking blood-'n'-gore to spray all the white marble bright red from Delhi to Andhra, 'Animal' erupts as a true alph...Read more
Commented on GEETA1963's review
Oct 23, 2023 05:36 AM
Geeta-ji, you have done well in trying to psycho-analyze this movie. Your frustration with the movie arises because you feel Qala had her wings clipped just as she was ruthlessly rising to the top. But the movie's priorities are different. Ambition is only a subset here - the dominant theme from... start to finish is dysphoria, and the movie always stays true to to it. Qala is a go-getter alright but she's always imbrued from the get-go, with her mother's negativity and her own ghosts. She's always haunted from the start - that never stops, and it eventually consumes her. The director stuck to her thematic plan throughout, but the execution could have been more layered in the story-telling.Read More
Commented on GEETA1963's review
Oct 01, 2023 11:03 AM
Very good review Geeta-ji. You explained the character arcs very well.
Reviewed The Hunt for Veerappan
Sep 29, 2023 04:43 PM
297 Views
(Updated Sep 30, 2023 05:19 AM)
4.5 STARS / 5(MASTERPIECE)
“There has never been a set of developments like this in the history of the modern world.”
“There never ever has been a man, a criminal, like Veerappan.”
With these proclamations of formidable foreboding, so opens the explosive documentary on dreaded dacoit Ve...Read more
Reviewed Jawan
Sep 10, 2023 06:01 PM
1642 Views
SRK THE BUSINESSMAN SCORES ANOTHER POOR-QUALITY TORTURE
The law of averages slams in, reminding you that just as there is the dazzlingly good, there is the nauseatingly bad. Last month, I watched two outstanding Indian features – Rai’s ‘Oh My God 2’, and Selvaraj’s ‘The Hunt for Veerappan’. T...Read more
Commented on jmathur's review
Aug 27, 2023 07:06 AM
Superb review Mathurji. I'd heard of the songs ('Saawan ka Maheena') but didn't know much about the movie, thank you for highlighting this love story, I need to watch it.
Looks like it has some parallels to 'Shyam Singha Roy' (2021), A Telugu movie which made a lot of wave...s - starts slowly but then explodes ! Love and rebirth - Ah, the resurrected joy ! reminds one of the magnificent novel 'Love in the Time of Cholera', though in this one, rebirth is covered in the same birth !Read More
Commented on josephbhathena92's review
Aug 25, 2023 10:33 AM
Excellent review. found out later it's on Amazon Prime. initially thought it was a documentary
Commented on pady_s's review
Aug 18, 2023 10:49 AM
Excellent review !
Reviewed OMG 2
Aug 17, 2023 07:12 PM
679 Views
(Updated Aug 17, 2023 07:20 PM)
Writer-Director Amit Rai's tremendous film about the urgent need for sex education in Indian schools, engenders multiple pressing questions. How on earth did they make such an outstanding, artful, balanced mainstream film in a country which ritually suppresses sexual honesty? Why is India which ...Read more
Commented on nothingovermebitch's review
Aug 17, 2023 11:40 AM
Excellently written review - designed to inspire more curiosity about the movie as you've mentioned no cast, nor the movie's language nor country of origin ! A true ghost story ! Thought I'll catch it on a streaming service but it's not there on Netflix or Amazon.
Commented on own review
Aug 15, 2023 04:29 PM
@jmathur - Jitendra-ji, what a pleasure to see you after all these years ! How are you ? I hope you are in the pink of health and cheer. Please start writing again. Hope to see you here more often. Best wishes
Commented on own review
Aug 15, 2023 01:30 PM
Thank you MS for running this on Independence Day - an auspicious apt day to ask for less jingoism, less stupidity and more quality.
Commented on jobanputra102's review
Aug 12, 2023 04:20 PM
Thank you for the detailed review. It's unfortunate you had such a bad experience the very good tour locales notwithstanding. How much do they charge for this tour ?
Reviewed Gadar 2: The Katha Continues
Aug 11, 2023 08:16 PM
878 Views
Many of you would have borne witness to the original ‘Gadar’(2001) – a fantabulous, box office-igniting smash featuring Sunny Deol who uproots a water pump, single-handedly bashes up all Pakistan and returns to Bhaarat Mata with his abducted wife. It’s Lahore in place of Lanka, with Hanuman subs...Read more
Reviewed Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani
Jul 29, 2023 10:46 AM
491 Views
(Updated Jul 29, 2023 05:33 PM)
Do you know the feeling that you are watching one film while the audience around you(St.Lukes, Auckland, Friday first day first evening show) laughs ten more than you, cheers and thoroughly enjoys the proceedings while most of the time you can’t empathize with what the fuss is about? For two-thi...Read more
Reviewed Barbie Movie (2023)
Jul 24, 2023 03:53 PM
460 Views
(Updated Jul 24, 2023 05:03 PM)
I am neither white nor blond nor a doll-digger nor a junior nor do I sport a peach cleft, so I figured I’d be perfectly positioned to dispassionately check out what Barbie has to offer. Kids – you may scram from the theatre right now and bury your faces in a trio of pink ice cream cones – this c...Read more
Commented on yashjha123's review
Jun 19, 2023 11:54 AM
Excellent review ! Keep writing
Reviewed Adipurush
Jun 17, 2023 07:45 PM
256 Views
(Updated Jun 17, 2023 07:52 PM)
Adipurush, directed and written for the screen by Om Raut, knows its target audience and what it needs to do to satisfy them. At Rs.500 crore for production, India’s costliest ever film may have complex logistics but the master-plan is simple – get a major star, for the first time ever after all...Read more
